Publications
| rabies in the mongolian steppes. | historically, rabies in mongolia has been connected to the specific steppe and forest-steppe landscapes, known as the mongolian steppes. the main reservoirs of the rabies virus (rabv) are the wolf, red fox and corsac fox. fox rabies has been reported in mongolia since the early 1960s. eleven human rabies cases (0.4 per million inhabitants) were reported in mongolia from 1994-2004. wild animals predominated as a source of human infection: five people died following wolf bites, two were exposed to ... | 2008 | 18634480 |
| genetic diversity and differentiation of mongolian and russian yak populations. | in this study we examined the genetic diversity of yak populations in the northernmost part of their current global distribution. five mongolian and one russian yak populations as well as one chinese yak population from the qinghai-tibetan plateau, the putative centre of yak domestication, were analysed with 15 microsatellite loci to determine the level of genetic variation within populations as well as the genetic differentiation and relationship between populations. a total of 116 microsatelli ... | 2005 | 16130478 |